科技新知_Delivery Robotics_Shiang-Wei Hsieh

Delivery Robot

•The robots are European, created in Estonia by a company

 called Starship Technologies. 

•Each 35-pound bot is a medium-sized cooler on six wheels,

 and drives at an average speed of about 5 miles per hour.

•Integrated navigation and obstacle

•Curbs and bumps on the road are no problem, and they

 robot can apparently make it up and down some sets of 

stairs.

•It can carry the equivalent of two grocery bags 

(around 10 kilograms) up to 5 kilometers from a local 

hub or retail outlet.

During delivery, shoppers can track the robot’s location in

 real time through a mobile app and on arrival only the 

app holder is able to unlock the cargo.

Cargo Robot (Gita)

•A new robot introduced by Piaggio Fast Forward 

(herein abbreviated “PFF”)

•A pleasingly roundish robot called Gita (“gee-tah”) 

that will follow you around, carrying 19 kilograms of 

tools, groceries, or whatever you want.

•Most people who eat food, but Carrying a gallon 

of  milk a mile in a bag is super annoying, and what 

about the rest of your groceries?

•The robot hauls everything, and you can walk, or 

jog, or bike home. 

•Visual SLAM (simultaneous localization

 and mapping)

•Gita navigates by using stereo cameras to

 generate point-cloud maps.

•Different Gitas can all share point-cloud 

data with each other.

Conclusion

	Delivery Robot	Gita
Carrying capacity	less than 20 kilograms	19 kilograms
Moving speed	up to 35 kilometers per hour	5 kilometers per hour
navigation system	like Google’s autonomous cars do	visual SLAM